University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Using zebrafish, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified and described in Nature Chemical Biology an enzyme inhibitor that increases the number of cardiac progenitor cells and influences the size of

University of Rochester Medical Center) A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, according to an article published online today in the journal Nature.

Gladstone Institutes) Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered a key switch that makes stem cells turn into the type of muscle cells that reside in the wall of blood vessels. The same switch might be used

Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco have found a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 and aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma.

Georgetown University Medical Center) In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered a novel way to block the activity of the fusion protein responsible for Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Common genetic variations spread across five genes raise a person's risk of developing the most frequent type of brain tumor, an international research team reports online in Nature Genetics.

Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State recently concluded tours of the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. During the tours, he commissioned some completed projects and held stakeholders' meetings in what was described as an exercise in political accountability

MPs should wake up to fight for the rights of widows and orphans living or affected by HIV/AIDS, the deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has said.

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi shared his priorities during his first budget speech this week. Urgently increasing the number of women receiving PMTCT and implementing NHI are just some of the issues highlighted by Motsoaledi.

THE Sokhaya tournament, a soccer event designed for women living with HIV and Aids, is now going places.

Government officials in Zimbabwe are unhappy about a decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to ditch the National AIDS Council (NAC) as the principal recipient of its existing and future grants and to instead channel

Working in your garden is a great way to exercise. Whether pulling weeds or spreading mulch, you are using major muscles all over your body and you're sure to break a sweat," Kara Smith, special programs coordinator for the Loyola

As boomers age, they should take extra steps to protect themselves from injuries when exercising," Dr. Ray Monto, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, said in a news release. "A little extra stretching before and after exercise,

Now researchers are trying to apply that theory to food allergies, through processes called oral immunotherapy and sublingual immunotherapy.

As it turns out, experts say you can -- if you're smart about it. There are ways to save money, they say, while still eating healthily, staying physically fit and receiving needed medical care.

There's a lot on the line. The prescription drug market is a $162 billion dollar a year business. But some say the studies done to get these drugs to market can -- and are -- being manipulated.

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.

Wal-Mart and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) sent a joint letter to President Obama on Tuesday telling him they endorse requiring large companies to provide health insurance for employees. My first response after reading an article in the New

Few would take exception to the assertion that obesity is an enormous health problem in the United States. There is less agreement, however, on how to combat the problem. David Kessler's new book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of

The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.World Health Organization head Margaret Chan added that the holding of the meeting in